Tribune Opinion: Three Greeley residents made a choice to save a life. It wasn’t automatic.

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Jon Province drove by the car on the highway and he began to talk to himself.

Something’s not right, he said to himself.

There are a few times in our lives when we have all heard that voice. Sometimes it warns us against ourselves, and other times it warns us against danger. But there are moments when it sounds a warning for those around us. This voice gives us a chance to help someone.

Helping someone is not an automatic decision. Not everyone is blessed with the powers of the dozens of superheroes who make up the latest Avengers movie. Those heroes seem to make a pretty good living saving people, judging by their hundred-dollar haircuts. Real life is different.

There were two other heroic instances that helped save a life just in this past month. A week ago, a 13-year-old boy helped save a 10-year-old girl from drowning at the Family FunPlex when he jumped in the pool after the 10-year-old inhaled water. Isaac Favela took her to nearby lifeguards, who helped the girl cough up the water.

Holmes didn’t hesitate, even when he knew the rescue would leave him dripping wet, fully clothed and with a possible fried cell phone. Province and Favela, of course, risked their bodies, and at the risk of sounding too dramatic, probably their lives.

We don’t want to advocate anyone putting themselves in severe danger, regardless of the situation. Sometimes that means first responders have two people to rescue, not just one.

But we do admire the actions of Province, Holmes and Favela. They had a choice. They could listen to that little voice telling them someone needed them, or they could have gone on with their busy daily lives, stayed out of harm’s way and kept themselves safe.